Jumpers and St Catherine's Hill Community Information

Marsh Lane Action Group (Campaign against Core Strategy - CN3) The Planning Team at the Council has now finished keying responses to its Pre-Submissions Website, which are now being analysed. The final totals of responses were: Marsh Lane - 690, Roeshot Hill - 411, Burton - 197. The numbers show the success the Marsh Lane Action Group had in mobilising local residents against the Marsh Lane proposal (CN3) of the Core Strategy, as virtually all of those responses are objections. We still await the dates for the next phase of the process, which is the review of the proposals and the consideration of alternative sites. We must assume that we will not now here the outcome until at least the end of October. Marsh Lane featured in the Daily Echo again on 13th August following a meeting with the Portfield councillors which resulted in them issuing a statement to the Echo regarding traffic congestion along the main Fairmile Road. This article later featured on the front page of the Christchurch Advertiser. Marsh Lane Action Group (Campaign for road safety improvements) The Marsh Lane Action Group gathered 84 signatures on a petition requesting road safety improvements in Marsh Lane / Bronte Avenue following a serious road accident at the end of June. The petition is to be presented to the Full Council meeting on Tuesday 4th September. Councillor Neale is pressing for chicanes to be used as a traffic calming measure. The story has also been sent to the Daily Echo and we believe this will probably be printed once the Council meeting has been held.